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"What do you do if you feel you are born unlucky? What do you do if you feel that the whole world is conspiring against you to make you not succeed? And, what do you do if you feel you have less intellect, less resources and less everything to succeed?"

Just a word of warning: There are many people who will default to feeling this way, whether it's true or not. Don't rule out mental illness or anxiety.

Turning yourself into a workaholic is not the solution if what you really need is to talk to a therapist. I've known several people who learned this the hard way.

Before diving head-first into work, do a quick reality check and ask yourself whether your feelings are reasonable, and be honest with yourself about what you're giving up in order to get those extra few hours of productivity.



So many people have undiscovered personality disorders or neuroses that they think are just "how life is." I wish that there was a "mental health check-up" that everyone, whether thinking themselves healthy or not, was encouraged to attend at long-but-regular intervals, similar to a dental- or eye-exam.




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